Improvement in rocking-horses



tnitd Sinatra @sind @Mire GUSTAV LAUTENSCHLAGER, OF CINCINNATI,CHIQ-ASSICNOR T() HIMSEIJF AND ALEXANDER S. PATERSCN, CF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent .N 96,708, dated November t), 1869; antedaterl October29, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN ROCKING-I-IORSES.

The Schedule referred to in these` Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concernl l Be it known that I, GUs'rAvLAUrEXsCnLAGnn, of Cincinnati, in the county ot' Hamilton, and State ofOhio, have invented a new and improved Advancing Rocking-Horse; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription ofthe same, -whieh will enable others skilled in the art tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which- JFigure 1 represents a side elevation, partly in section, ofmyinvention.

Figure 2 is an inverted plan view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to construct a roc-king-horse forchildren, which will, during the rockingmotion, advance on the floor,thus, not only imitating the natural horse in appearance and form, butalso in the mot-ion produced.

The inventiolrconsists in arranging a sliding frame between the rockersof the apparatus, said frame being so arranged that it will, in certainposit-ions, sustain the weight of the whole device, allowing the upperpart to slide tbrward, when thus supported, and when in the act ofrocking. f

A,in the drawing, represents a rockingl1orse,of

suitable size and form.

B B are its rockers.

Between thenris arranged a frame, C, which has its side-bars a :t fittedagainst the rockers E, the lower edge of said bars being parallel withbut projecting somewhat below that ofthe rockers.

with a front cross-bar, d, or 'other front part of the rocking-horse.'Ihese springs have the tendency to draw or move the frame C tbrward.

Then the horse is rocked forward, its weight will be supported on thelower edge of the frame C, while the momentum of the motion will causethe upper part, that is to say, the horse and the. rockers, to slideforward on the frame C, while the latter retains its hold upon theground. l

Duringr the next backward swing of the horse, the weight will be takenfrom the frame C, and the springs c will draw it forward in the rockers,so that it will he in position for the next tbrward motion. rIhus, asthe horse is moving back and forward, it will, at the same time,progress on the ground, aml I therefore term it The-Progressive Rocking- Horse.

Having thus described my invention, r

XVhat l claim as new, and desire to secure by Iletters Patent, is-

The progressive rocking-horse, made and operating substantially asherein set forth and described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this 30th day ofMarch, 1869.

GUS'IAV LA UIENSCIII'IAC Eli. fitnessesz Il. HOMANX, f I LEwIsSonxnlDm-e.

